BILL NUMBER: ACR 61	CHAPTERED  08/22/00

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER   106
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   AUGUST 22, 2000
	ADOPTED IN SENATE   AUGUST 18, 2000
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 26, 2000

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alquist
   (Principal coauthors: Senators Hughes and Solis)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ducheny, Honda, Lempert, Nakano, and
Reyes)
   (Coauthors: Senators Alpert, Brulte, O'Connell, and Vasconcellos)

                        MAY 20, 1999

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 61--Relative to Extended
Opportunity Programs and Services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 61, Alquist.  Extended Opportunity Programs and Services
(EOPS).
   This measure would commend the staff, students, and community
supporters of the EOPS program of the California Community Colleges
on its 30th anniversary and the Cooperative Agencies Resources for
Education (CARE) program on its 17th year of operation.




   WHEREAS, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) was
established in 1969 through Senate Bill 164 of the 1969-70 Regular
Session (Chapter 1579 of the Statutes of 1969), which was authored by
the Honorable Alfred E.  Alquist to provide financial and academic
support to community college students whose educational and
socioeconomic backgrounds might prevent them from successfully
completing college; and
   WHEREAS, EOPS was specifically designed for first-generation,
at-risk college students and their special educational needs; and
   WHEREAS, EOPS provides essential services that are specifically
designed to supplement the community college's academic and student
services and vocational programs, and to help EOPS students complete
their educational goals; and
   WHEREAS, EOPS conducts outreach and recruitment that target
high-risk students who demonstrate educational and financial need,
and does not grant preferences for any racial, ethnic, or gender
population; and
   WHEREAS, EOPS student services include specialized counseling to
help students with educational planning and career assessment,
monitoring of academic progress, peer-to-peer advising, basic skills
instruction, tutoring, child care, work study, book grants, and
emergency student loans; and
   WHEREAS, EOPS was the first state-funded program to recognize the
unique educational needs of welfare-dependent single parents; and
   WHEREAS, The Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE)
program was established under the auspices of EOPS through the
enactment of Assembly Bill 3103 of the 1981-82 Regular Session
(Chapter 1029 of the Statutes of 1982), which was authored by the
Honorable Teresa P. Hughes to help community college students break
the welfare-dependency cycle; and
   WHEREAS, Through the CARE program, EOPS students receive personal
counseling and academic advising; social service referrals and
advocacy; specialized courses and workshops on parenting, personal
development, self-esteem, and college survival skills; and
educational grants for child care, textbooks, supplies, and
transportation; and
   WHEREAS, The EOPS/CARE program has successfully assisted over
1,000,000 community college students since 1969 in order to fulfill
the educational and personal aspirations of these students; and
   WHEREAS, The recent changes in welfare have exacerbated the need
for sufficient funding to accommodate a growing low-income student
population that is seeking increased educational and training
opportunities; and
   WHEREAS, Inadequate state funding in recent years has caused many
EOPS/CARE programs to either reduce the amount of financial aid,
textbook, and child care grants provided to eligible needy students,
or to prematurely close the application deadline for acceptance to
the program, deny program services to eligible EOPS/CARE students, or
both; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature commends the staff,
students, and community supporters of the EOPS program of the
California Community Colleges on its 30th anniversary, and commends
the CARE program on its 17th year of operation; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature encourages the Chancellor's Office
and Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to convey
the Legislature's appreciation of the success and ongoing
contributions of the EOPS and CARE programs and their accomplishments
in improving the lives and educational opportunities of hundreds of
thousands of at-risk students; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Advocate of the Extended
Opportunity Programs and Services Association and to the Chancellor
and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
